Background: A 58-year-old woman presented with arthritis of the small joints of her hands and rapidly progressive joint contractures. She was wheelchair bound within 2 months of the onset of her ...

January 21, 2010 — Positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) revealed malignant tumors in 18% of patients who had undergone prior evaluations negative for cancer, a new study ...

"My year of unraveling" is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain. Autoimmune neuromuscular diseases may sound complex, but ...

Autoimmune neuromuscular diseases may sound complex, but understanding them is the first step to getting the right care and support. Conditions such as Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS), ...

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In a rare but serious complication of cancer, known as anti-Ma2 paraneoplastic neurological syndrome, the body’s own immune system can start attacking the brain, causing rapid-onset memory loss and ...

Bazex syndrome, also known as acrokeratosis paraneoplastica, is a rare paraneoplastic dermatosis that frequently heralds the presence of an underlying malignancy, most notably squamous cell carcinomas ...

Paraneoplastic syndromes are rarely seen in gynecological tumors especially in endometrial cancer. Early identification of paraneoplastic syndromes plays a significant role in the treatment and ...

Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) causes the body to attack nerves, resulting in muscle weakness in the arms and legs. It often occurs due to underlying conditions such as small cell lung ...